"Is this your plan? To focus the attention of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy on me? To become the center of attention?"
Initially, when Inaba Tsukiyo learned what Herrscher Tsukiyo wanted to do, she refused, because this video would definitely be seen by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
But after Herrscher Tsukiyo's persistent pestering, Inaba Tsukiyo was eventually persuaded. Moreover, Herrscher Tsukiyo had the ability to temporarily materialize the power of the Stigmata into a human form, complete with its consciousness from before its death.
So, making the video was very simple. When Inaba Tsukiyo saw how many views her published video had, she was actually quite happy, but thinking of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, her mood became a bit heavy.
"What are you afraid of? This video was uploaded using the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion. The technology of this world simply cannot trace the Herrscher's power to find you as the video publisher. You can rest assured."
"And, isn't this the scene you most wanted to see in your heart? I only had this idea by going through your past memories. I don't believe you feel nothing at all."
"I... most wanted to see a scene like this in my heart? Have Kallen, Cecilia, and Sirin become idols? What for? To destroy the world?"
"Eh? In your concept, to conquer the world, don't you have to become an idol? The so-called C-position debut."
Although not very interested in human thoughts, as its way of thinking changed, Herrscher Tsukiyo gradually began to take an interest in human affairs.
First were the messy things in Inaba Tsukiyo's mind, among which Inaba Tsukiyo's favorite was idols, remembering a group called 'μ's'.
It's just that a Stigmata can only have a maximum of three forms. If it weren't for this restriction, Herrscher Tsukiyo would really want Inaba Tsukiyo to form a nine-member team, or a forty-eight-member team, to become an idol group that conquers the world.
"...I feel like your image is starting to break down. Are you truly the will of honkai that wants to destroy humanity?"
Inaba Tsukiyo was a bit suspicious of her previous guess. Was this guy really the will of honkai that had destroyed civilizations? Why had it changed so much?
"Whether I am the will of honkai... that's not important. You just need to treat me as another one of your wills."
Although this could be considered deceiving Inaba Tsukiyo, it was also deceiving itself, deceiving itself into believing it was merely another personality of Inaba Tsukiyo, and not the will of honkai that wanted to destroy the world.
Humans are indeed very troublesome creatures. In every aspect, everyone is like an ant: greedy, selfish, and hypocritical.
But during its time inside Inaba Tsukiyo, it saw things it had never seen before.
Besides the bad aspects of humans, there are also commendable qualities.
Brave, kind, fearless. It remembered the human who fought the Final Herrscher in the previous civilization... His name seemed to be Kevin kaslana.
This name also reminded Herrscher Tsukiyo of the Kaslana Family of this era. This family, which believes in protecting others as its core principle, indeed produced commendable individuals.
Not only Kallen of the Kaslana Family but also Siegfried, these people truly understood the guardian spirit of the Kaslana Family and are truly commendable humans.
"Kaslana Family... Hehe~ Maybe humanity truly still has a chance to be saved. Perhaps this world truly hasn't reached the point of utter despair."
After leaving this sentence, Herrscher Tsukiyo's consciousness completely disappeared from her mind. No matter how Inaba Tsukiyo called out, there was no response.
'What a fickle guy, but not as difficult to get along with as I thought.'
I also don't know where this guy got so many crazy ideas from, actually wanting to make Herrschers and Valkyries into idols?
If this idea were known by Anti-Entropy, maybe the people at Anti-Entropy would let their own scientists debut as idols for funding, and then the mascot would be a titan?
Schicksal and Anti-Entropy are still constantly monitoring the progress of the videos. During the time Inaba Tsukiyo didn't return to St. Freya Academy, Herrscher Tsukiyo followed instructions and released several more videos.
They were Valkyrie's Unceasing", Cecilia's "Faith", and Sirin's "Love as a Disease". This guy's next target is "Forbidden Borderline".
It's like she's addicted. The songs this guy chooses make people can't help but complain. Does she really want to conquer the world through idols?
Because of these songs, Kallen, Cecilia, and Sirin's popularity continues to rise, and most fans are looking for information about these people.
Fortunately, they don't have anyone secretly deleting their information, otherwise too many things would be exposed, plus the identity of the video uploader is also a mystery.
"So, you're saying that you still haven't found the publisher of this video?"
Turning off the video in front of him, Otto looked at the girl in front of him and asked.
"Yes, we have searched to the greatest extent, but there is still no way to find any information. Even the address for uploading the video is garbled, and there is no way to find the target task through the network."
"Oh? Is that so? How interesting. To be able to escape Schicksal's search, it seems that this person is also a talent."
Since Kallen can appear in the video, it means that the other party knows about Schicksal, and even the Second Herrscher Sirin appears in the video.
Otto began to suspect that this guy might be from within Schicksal or Anti-Entropy, or even a high-level personnel.
After all, Anti-Entropy was once a branch of Schicksal, so it's not surprising that they know a little about Schicksal's past history and Kallen's affairs.
Of course, Otto even suspects that the author of this video is a Herrscher, otherwise how could they escape Schicksal's search.
But... the appearance of a Herrscher should be accompanied by a large number of Honkai Beasts and powerful Honkai Energy.
Since the last time in Changkong City, there has been no phenomenon of Honkai Energy power exceeding the danger point.
'Who could it be? Is it deliberately trying to attract the attention of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy? Or is it just wanting to make these videos to cause trouble? No... that shouldn't be the case, how could there be such a boring person.'
Otto shook his head, denying the idea of boredom and causing trouble. How could someone do something without any purpose?
"Continue the search, try to find out who is doing this thing."
"Yes, Lord Otto."
The girl bowed to Otto and turned to leave Otto's office.
"Wait... are you okay?"
"...What are you asking, Lord Otto?"
The girl was silent for a while, facing away from Otto, and asked.
"I said, when there is no one else around, you can just call me Uncle. Also, can't you really hear what I'm asking?"
Otto couldn't help but sigh. He couldn't be absolutely ruthless in this matter, and of course he didn't know how to deal with it.
After this video was released, Otto had thought about the girl's reaction, but compared to this matter, he didn't know if the girl resented him for what he had done in the past.
"It's okay, Otto... Uncle. I know what I should do. Also, you've been slacking off recently. You haven't processed the documents from the branches in various continents, and now many documents need your approval.
"Using this kind of use to divert attention? Okay, I'll consider you successful. Go back and rest first."
Dealing with documents sent from various branches is more troublesome than dealing with Honkai.
Although his subordinates have already processed some fragmented documents, there are still a lot of documents that he needs to process himself, so much so that Otto once wanted to give up the position of bishop.
After the girl left the office, Otto stood up from his office chair, came to the position where the girl was standing just now, squatted down, and stroked the floor.
From this position, he could clearly feel the water stains. There was no doubt that the girl shed tears when she turned her back to him.
"It seems that besides me, even she has been affected? I hope there are no unnecessary factors, otherwise it would be too troublesome to deal with."
Theresa was quietly watching the virtual screen in her office at St. Freya Academy.
She had been staring at this screen for several days in a row, just like a hardcore otaku, even when she went back to sleep at night.
During this period, Himeko and the secretary repeatedly reminded her to cheer up. She was like this, which made them very worried about Theresa's condition.
"Cecilia..."
The Cecilia on the screen made Theresa couldn't help but reach out and want to touch her, but every time her hand passed through, she would feel a burst of loss.
She had truly witnessed Cecilia's death, and she was absolutely sure that Cecilia was dead, but what was going on with this video?
Theresa liked Cecilia very much. Before meeting Cecilia, Theresa had never thought of truly protecting anyone.
It was not until she met Cecilia that Theresa truly met the person she truly wanted to protect.
Theresa once swore that she would do many things she shouldn't do in order to see Cecilia's smile again, but fourteen years ago, she did not fulfill her oath.
Seeing Cecilia's smile again was not as happy as she imagined, but rather a little confused.
"Cecilia..."
Muttering Cecilia's name, Theresa slowly lie on her desk.
Continuous insomnia for several days had kept Theresa in a not very good state of mind. Thinking about it, Theresa gradually fell asleep.
Not long after Theresa fell asleep, the door of the office was opened, and Himeko walked into the office.
Coming to the desk, she gently picked up Theresa, took a last look at the image playing on the screen, and then turned and left the office.
After Himeko left with Theresa, a petal suddenly floated into the office and scattered on the desk.
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